Taber's Medical Dictionary
1tapping
(tap′ing )
[ ¹tap ]
SEE: Percussion (3).
muscle tapping
Tapping the skin over the belly of a muscle to recruit more motor units and facilitate contraction. It is usually performed manually over muscles weakened from neurological injury.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "1tapping." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773052/all/tapping__1_.
1tapping. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773052/all/tapping__1_. Accessed January 1, 2026.
1tapping. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773052/all/tapping__1_
1tapping [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 January 01]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773052/all/tapping__1_.
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